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Trinity
Episcopal Parish Stewardship Letter
Dear members and friends of Trinity, Every year the church asks each of us to pledge or provide an estimate of giving for the mission and ministry of the church in the coming calendar year. We have much to be thankful for as a congregation. Our mission, “to grow as a faithful community through which all people can deepen companionship with God and each other in Christ through the Spirit and participate in God’s continuing work in the world” is being realized, and in many ways. There are new faces in our midst, seriousness about personal spiritual growth, opportunities to learn and deepen our faith which have been utilized. Our life continues to be made richer by our children who bring to us their own gifts and spiritual wisdom. We continue to reach out to our community and we find new energies to consider other possibilities for service and witness. The Gospel is proclaimed, the sacraments are ministered, some of us sing some of the hymns some of the time (!), and joy becomes laughter. A major institutional task has been completed, the raising of about ¾ of a million dollars to make our building more serviceable for our mission. So as a community of God’s people we have much for which to give thanks. Each of us has many things personally about which we might also offer thanks. As each of us thinks about God’s generosity and grace, the list of our thanksgivings gets longer. One of the ways we live thankfully is to return a portion of the material gifts God has entrusted to our care to him for the yearly ministry and witness of his church. This letter is to invite you to do so, from your own gratitude. We will talk about what it means for us to live thankfully in short “witness talks” by lay persons in the liturgy on Sundays between now and mid November. Meanwhile we invite you to reflect on what your gratitude might move you to share from the material things you hold in trust for the Creator of all. Your Stewardship committee is committed to tithing as a sign of its thanksgiving, or to working toward that goal by giving proportionately. Would you make this a matter of personal reflection and prayer? |
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